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Word: umm (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wrapped in the outlawed Palestinian flag, three young men dash out the back door and flee down the narrow alleyway. When the Israeli soldiers hurl a stone through the open window, two middle-aged women cower on the bed, rocking back and forth in terror. "God help us," pleads Umm Hamada, 45, desperately rubbing her hands together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cat And Mouse in the Casbah | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...Jesus. Some dialogue also hints at satire, probably unintentionally. Asked by a Zealot to compare being dead with being alive, the resurrected Lazarus says thoughtfully, "I was a little surprised. There isn't that much difference." At times Jesus sounds like a mumbling method actor (his first sermon begins "Umm, uh, I'm sorry"), at others like a recent graduate of the Shirley MacLaine School of Theology ("Everything's part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Holy Furor | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

Riot police stopped a bus carrying Israeli Arab high school students from school in Haifa to their homes in Umm al Fahm and beat several of them, the daily newspaper Al Hamishmar reported...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israeli Official Decries Soldiers' Conduct | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

...official at Umm al Fahm confirmed the report to The Associated Press. Police declined comment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israeli Official Decries Soldiers' Conduct | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

...Nazareth, 4,000 youngsters ran through the streets, hurling debris at security forces. In Umm al Fahm, an Israeli Arab town in Galilee, 3,000 demonstrators were dispersed with tear gas when they blocked a highway near the town. Police and soldiers took care not to use lethal force against the Israeli Arabs, and none were killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East State Of Siege | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

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